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Massachusetts Firearms Prosecutions In The Wake Of Melendez-Diaz, Kevin P. Chapman
Massachusetts Firearms Prosecutions In The Wake Of Melendez-Diaz, Kevin P. Chapman
Kevin P. Chapman
The Supreme Court ruling in Melendez-Diaz fundamentally changed the way that firearms offenses are prosecuted in Massachusetts. This paper presents the history of firearms prosecutions and the current state of the law, and it raises several unanswered questions that could further change the nature of future firearms prosecutions.
Washington Was Right: The Supreme Court Could Have Intervened To Interpret French Treaties, Kevin P. Chapman
Washington Was Right: The Supreme Court Could Have Intervened To Interpret French Treaties, Kevin P. Chapman
Kevin P. Chapman
In the early days of his presidency, George Washington faced his first international crisis when French Ambassador Genet demanded that the United States honor its treaty obligations and provide support to the new French Republic in its ongoing war with Great Britain. Concerned about the legal effect that the French Revolution had on the viability of these obligations, Washington asked the Supreme Court to render an opinion. Chief Justice John Jay replied that the Constitution did not authorize the Supreme Court to render advisory opinions.
If Jay was correct, why did Washington, who presided over the very convention that produced …